Event Description: The Canastota Canal Town Museum with the Canastota Public Library will offer another Canalside Talk. On March 27, at 7pm, at the library, Norman Dann will talk about his book, Peter Smith of Peterboro: Furs, Land and Anguish.”
Peter Smith was the father of abolitionist Gerrit Smith. Peter Smith was a successful businessman in New York, who formed a partnership with John Jacob Astor in fur trading and also ran a land speculation operation. Sadly, his life was plagued with mental health issues.
The book will be available for purchase an autograph at the session